IFAD Country Programme Coordinator

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The Country Programme Coordinator is responsible for established programme/project coordination. The incumbent may supervise a Country Programme Assistant (G-5) and collaborates closely with other IFAD staff to ensure consistency, cohesion and synergy in programme related matters.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Functions and Results

COUNTRY OFFICE SUPPORT:

• In stand-alone IFAD Country Offices led by CPCs, the Country Programme Coordinator is accountable for day-to-day office administration and reporting in close collaboration with the CD who is not located in the ICO. The incumbent has accountability for financial and material resources and related processes including managing contracts for services. The incumbent collaborates closely with the Regional Office Administrative and Resource  Analyst and other staff in the regional team in the IFAD regional office and provides inputs to budget preparation and monitors expenditures, manages contract completion and certifies payments as required. 

COUNTRY PROGRAMME SUPPORT:

• The Country Programme Coordinator enhances the technical quality of IFAD country activities through programme (Results-Based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme RB-COSOP) and project (grants and loans) design, supervision, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and completion activities. The incumbent also provides substantive contributions toward the development of advice and technical guidance in support of sustainable government strategies, policies and programmes in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. The Country Programme Coordinator is further accountable for capacity building activities including identifying, analyzing, documenting, harmonizing and disseminating both national and local issues as well as conditions and best practices and lessons learned among partner development agencies. Capacity building activities will include coordinating meetings, workshops and seminars with  project management teams, government, partners and other stakeholders. 

PARTNERSHIP BUILDING:

• As a key country team member, the Country Programme Coordinator enhances relationships and collaborations with in-country counterparts through the identification of synergies and proposing coordinated strategies with multilateral/bilateral donors and civil-society organizations involved in agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. The incumbent establishes and maintains counterpart contacts to promote programme and project collaboration and harmonization as well as identifies financing opportunities with other donors. The incumbent enhances relationships and builds strong engagement with relevant government agencies.

POLICY DEVELOPMENT/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT:

• As a key country team member, the Country Programme Coordinator participates in relevant policy meetings and events of interest to IFAD’s target groups and which involve the government, donors, and civil society, including NGOs, in order to develop an enabling environment for sustainable, pro-poor development. The Country Programme Coordinator provides programme/project continuity in the country as well as substantive national cultural, political and economic or other development knowledge. From this perspective the participation in policy dialogue pertains to analyses of evidenced based recommendations from projects, analyzing their viability, making proposals and sharing the findings. This national perspective serves to enhance the linkage between the realities on the ground and the voices of the poor with the policies and programmes of the government as well as to ensure that regional programmes benefit from local initiatives that may be replicated. The Country Programme Coordinator significantly contributes to strengthening the enabling environment for policy dialogue on programme priorities of the relevant IFAD team. The incumbent maintains close contacts with other Country Programme Coordinators and Country Programme Analysts in the region for networking and knowledge exchange purposes. 

MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The Country Programme Coordinator is accountable for integrity, transparency, and equity in the management of IFAD resources.

Key Performance Indicators

• Demonstrated technical expertise and credibility in country portfolio management creates the foundation for IFAD’s capacity and reputation for programme delivery and enhances its recognition as a reliable development partner. The Country Programme Coordinator maintains the standards for IFAD’s competence in development at the field level. Substantive support in the development of country strategy, project design, partnership building and policy development provides the foundation for enhancing sustainable government strategies and policies to improve the livelihoods of the poor and other disadvantaged groups.

Working Relationships

• In the context of programme development and delivery, the Country Programme Coordinator under the supervision of the CD ensures the exchange of information, advocates for programme and policy enhancements and ensures consistency and reliability in the provision of development assistance to the government. In collaborations with other members of the UN country team, bi-lateral development agencies, NGOs and country programme counterparts the incumbent establishes and maintains relationships and projects the image of IFAD as a credible/reliable partner striving for harmonization of development activities.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Education includes advanced university degree from an accredited institution listed on https://whed.net/home.php in rural development, agriculture, economics, rural finance, development policy or related field is required (*):
• For internal candidates, this requirement will be assessed in line with the provisions set forth in IFAD’s Human Resources Implementing Procedures. 

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience programme design, supervision and loan/grant administration with International financial institutions, development cooperation agencies, etc.
• Experience with “do no harm interventions” in conflict and fragile situations;
• Experience in designing and implementing agriculture and rural development projects in conflict and fragile situations; knowledge of local context. 
• Exposure to gender related interventions as well as gender based violence (GBV) and exposure to youth centric interventions and cash for work and community driven development approaches.

Languages:

• English (4 – Excellent)
• Indonesian (4 – Excellent)
• Desirable: French (3 – Good)

Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=116050

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